etherington's

Updated: May 10, 2025

As it is, not merely is the whole thing made a much ado about nothing, for no law and no Church in Christendom would have hesitated to declare the nullity of a marriage which had never been consummated, and which was celebrated while one of the parties took the other for some one else, but Clara's shattered reason, Tyrrel's despair, and Etherington's certainty that he has the cards in his hand, are all incredible and unaccountable mere mid-winter madness.

George Saintsbury - Sir Walter Scott: Famous Scots Series